Fragrances -Creed - Virgin Island Water
stephhamilton 11/20/2009 3:55:00 AM
I had high hopes for this it sounded so nice. Unfortunately it did not work for me at all, I smelt exactly like a thai curry, lemongrass and coconut milk and other spices, very odd and not very pleasant!! .It wasn't tropical or beachy at all, I like curry but I don't want to smell like it!
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Fragrances -Montale - Chocolate Greedy
stephhamilton 11/18/2009 1:17:00 AM
I can smell a little orange at the start and then it morphs into a sweet floral mix, with no chocolate or cocoa. The powdery floral starts to fade after a couple of hours but still not much cocoa or chocolate its smells very sweet like a packet of vanilla cake mix with a hint of cocoa butter and an occasional whiff of lilies that have been sitting in a vase for too long. Its not what I was expecting and I don't think i will repurchase when my sample runs out!
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Fragrances -Serge Lutens - rahat loukoum
stephhamilton 10/2/2009 8:33:00 PM
I love the initial burst of cherry and almond, I smell just like one of those almond frangipane tarts with the jam in them. It doesn't remain that intense it drys down to a comforting beautiful smoky almond cherry that stays close to the skin and is comforting and snuggly like wearing cashmere . This is what I was hoping Louve would be as its much easier to buy but that had to much of a powdery drydown and felt too sweet.
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Treatments -Estee Lauder - Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex
stephhamilton 9/25/2009 10:01:00 PM
This is a good antioxidant serum, since i have added it to my regime my skin is less dehydrated (and hence feels a bit firmer) less sensitive and red and has more of a healthy glow. Its worth buying this for that as I wasn't entirely convinced by the sales assistant bumf about how clock genes etc!
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Fragrances -L'Artisan Fragrances - Tubereuse
stephhamilton 9/25/2009 9:50:00 PM
I love carnal flower and serge lutens tuberouse criminalle but not a big fan of this one. Its just too sweet,sugary and a bit sickly for me.Headache inducing It also smells fruity almost like ripe nectarines. Not a big fan of fruit in my fragrance, luckily it has the staying power of all L'artisans on me and is fading fast.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - White Jasmine & Mint
stephhamilton 9/25/2009 7:12:00 AM
This sounded nice on paper as a lot of Jo Malone fragrances do but when I tried it I didn't like it much at all, story of my life with this brand. No jasmine for me just a sweet generic floral, it started off very green but faded to nothing after about an hour.
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Fragrances -Serge Lutens - Tubéreuse Criminelle
stephhamilton 9/15/2009 3:19:00 AM
I love this. The beginning is menthol/wintergreen/vicks vapor rub (which I actually don't mind reminds me of my childhood) with a faint hint of tubereuse, over about an hour the balance changes the tubereuse becomes more prominent and the menthol fades. Its a delicate green creamy tubereuse (less tropical than my other love carnal flower). There are a lot of serge lutens that i can't wear as i find them overpowering with way too much going on but this one is just perfect!
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Fragrances -Hermes - Ambre Narguile (Hermesessence series)
stephhamilton 7/1/2009 3:28:00 AM
I've never met an amber I have liked in fact quite a few of them have been instant scubbers, they manage to be too sweet and powdery and yet masculine so I hesitantly approached my sample of this but I loved it. It had a bit too much amber initially but then the apple, vanilla/caramel and cinammon took over but somehow in an elegant grown up way so I could distinguish each indvidual note but not in a guess what I smell like apple tart today kind of way. It lasted all day and as the day went on it became a little more smokey but still beautiful. Very nice for a cold winter day and I can see why it is meant to represent cashmere it gave me the same snuggly feeling as a cashmere cardigan.
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Fragrances -Hermes - Osmanthe Yunnan
stephhamilton 6/28/2009 3:32:00 AM
so so transparent and fleeting. I put some on could smell the faintest trace of apricots and a faint hint of tea and poof it was gone leaving the faintest trace of a clean soapy smell. Blink and you would have missed it. All a bit disapointing really considering its 5 star rating in perfumes the guide. I am not getting this one at all! Oh well one less I need to add to my i want to buy list!
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Fragrances -Hermes - Kelly Caleche
stephhamilton 6/27/2009 6:29:00 AM
This just didn't work on my skin at all, I got no leather or rose just fruit, sweet and sickly to start with and then some harsh grapefruit with maybe a little bit of mimosa it was very harsh and synthetic and gave me a headache!
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Fragrances -Frederic Malle - Musc Ravageur
stephhamilton 6/26/2009 2:59:00 AM
musk, musk and more musk with a hint of cinnamon. Its too masculine for me some perfumes you try and they match a mood or make you feel happy etc this one really does nothing for me, can't imagine any cirumstances when I would reach for it but then judging by the other reviews we all have different taste and some people love it. Its not a scrubber but it really isn't me. It smell a bit like cheap mens body spray unfortunately.
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Fragrances -Frederic Malle - Une Rose
stephhamilton 6/25/2009 4:10:00 AM
So many reviewers comment on the boozy, truffle earthy rose smell of this, I'm not getting that at all for me its a rose garden in summer when all the roses are in full bloom in the morning after rain or its the smell of a freshly cut rose just placed in a vase. It would have to be the most realistic rose fragrance I have smelled. I find its almost too much rose for the first couple of hours of what was a very small application to my wrists but now hours later I just feel like i am cocooned in a cloud of rose, quite beautiful.
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Fragrances -Frederic Malle - Angeliques sous la Pluie
stephhamilton 6/24/2009 7:36:00 AM
starts out as a pleasant citrus (a lot like cologne bigardee) but then very quickly in a matter of minutes it goes all mosquito repellant. As it dries down it gets some cedar (not a note that I can wear well) and soapy. Its okay not a scrubber so I will use up my sample but not full bottle worthy for me
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Fragrances -Frederic Malle - Lipstick Rose
stephhamilton 6/24/2009 6:23:00 AM
This smells like rose and violet flavoured candy I used to eat as a small girl. It has a lot of personality but for me its just too sweet and powdery and headache inducing.
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Fragrances -Ormonde Jayne - Champaca
stephhamilton 5/21/2009 6:08:00 AM
So many people seem to love ormonde jayne fragrances but they really don't work with my body chemistry at all. I was looking forward to trying champaca but it just turned into a soapy mess on me, There was no floral no basmati rice just a strong generic soapy smell.I found it so stomach churning I had to wash it off.
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